JUDGMENT

Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J.(Oral)--The Appellant M/s ACE Integrated Solutions Limited (ACE) impugns order dated 25.02.2019 made in W.P.(C) No.1954/2019, by which writ petition ACE had challenged termination of its contract by respondent No.1Food Corporation of India(FCI) and its blacklisting in the same context for a period of five years. By order dated 25.02.2019 the single Judge has dismissed the writ petition.

2. The transactions between the parties which led to disputes and litigation was a contract whereby vide letter dated 10.04.2017 FCI had engaged the services of ACE as an agency for recruitment of watchmen in the Delhi region. Under the contract, ACE was to render services of recruiting watch and ward staff for FCI. The recruitment process was to comprise a written examination followed by a physical endurance test for the candidates.

3. It transpires that when FCI scrutinized the dossiers of candidates who were shortlisted after the written examination and the physical endurance test, several discrepancies were observed by FCI and since such discrepancies were serious, FCI decided to call the shortlisted candidates with prima-facie discrepancies in their dossier